/*
 * Copyright 2020, OpenRemote Inc.
 *
 * See the CONTRIBUTORS.txt file in the distribution for a
 * full listing of individual contributors.
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as
 * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
 * License, or (at your option) any later version.
 *
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU Affero General Public License for more details.
 *
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License
 * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 */
package org.openremote.model.value;

import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.annotation.JsonSerialize;
import org.openremote.model.util.TsIgnoreTypeParams;

/**
 * Identifies an item that holds a {@link ValueDescriptor}.
 */
@TsIgnoreTypeParams
public interface ValueDescriptorHolder<T> {

    @JsonSerialize(converter = ValueDescriptor.NameHolderToStringConverter.class)
    ValueDescriptor<T> getType();

    @JsonProperty
    ValueFormat getFormat();

    @JsonProperty
    ValueConstraint[] getConstraints();

    @JsonProperty
    String[] getUnits();
}
